Two swimmers from Fairhope, Alabama, led the field Sunday at Joe Kessler’s Beach 2 Beach Power Swim on St. John, with 16-year-old David Rainer winning the one-mile short course men’s division and 19-year-old Suzanne Rainer topping female competitors in the same race from Maho Bay to Cinnamon Bay.
David Rainer finished the short course race from Maho Bay to Cinnamon Bay in 21 minutes, 45.4 seconds. Suzanne Rainer won the women’s division with a time slightly over 24 minutes.
By the time they crossed the finish line Sunday, the Rainers were already familiar names in the event’s record books. In 2023, David — then 13 — placed third overall in the short course race, while Suzanne, along with Leighton and Virginia Raider, won the long course relay…